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Bennet back to working the base

By | 11.02.10 | 1:36 pm

BOULDER — Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet is eschewing right wing talk radio to rally more likely supporters on Election Day. He’s due to arrive on the University of Colorado-Boulder campus any minute, where Environment Colorado activists are flagging passers-by…

Buck wrong when he says media found Bennet ad untrue

By | 09.16.10 | 2:21 pm

The Denver Post Wednesday references an exchange between U.S. Senate candidates Ken Buck and Michael Bennet over a Bennet TV ad showing Buck making a series of statements. The Post reports:

The candidates had a sharp exchange over that…

How would Buck have voted on Brown V. Board of Education?

By | 09.07.10 | 8:55 am

You may recall that last week’s BigMedia question of the week for reporters was, “Does Ken Buck support a ban on the use of morning-after pill, even for a woman who is raped by a family member?

The answer…

Buck abortion stance largely ignored by Colorado media

By | 08.20.10 | 7:59 am

No matter what you think of abortion, it’s fair to say that U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck’s opposition to abortion, even in the case of rape and incest, is newsworthy.

But surprisingly, this tidbit about Buck has barely seen…

Romanoff: Supporting Bennet over Buck ‘an easy call’ for Democrats

By | 08.13.10 | 8:14 am

DENVER — Colorado Democratic leaders and national party officials united Thursday on the steps of the Colorado capitol to try to heal the wounds created in what many saw as a bloody Democratic primary race. Sen. Michael Bennet joined with primary challenger Andrew Romanoff to proclaim a united front in the siege on Bennet’s Senate seat – a seat Bennet said was in a precarious position without the help of those supporters who once filled the phone banks and campaign headquarters of the Romanoff camp.

Anti-birther Buck beleaguered as Norton picks up Brewer nod

By | 07.26.10 | 2:33 pm

As GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck continues to step in it with comments about primary opponent Jane Norton wearing high heels and “dumbass” Tea Partyers keeping up the birther rhetoric, he may be happy to shift the debate…

Schaffer jabs McInnis on Twitter, conjuring ghosts of 2008

By | 07.14.10 | 10:12 am

One thing the whole Scott McInnis plagiarism scandal has dredged up is a bit of not-so-ancient history revealing internal cat fighting in the Colorado Republican Party right before they were swept aside in the 2008 election.

If you recall, that…

Romanoff scores endorsement from Bill Clinton

By | 06.29.10 | 2:06 pm

Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday endorsed Andrew Romanoff in Colorado’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary. Clinton celebrates Romanoff as a longtime Democratic Party stalwart, which runs counter slightly to the anti-Washington outsider campaign Romanoff is running against sitting senator…

Perlmutter endorses Bennet over Romanoff in Senate primary race

By | 03.12.10 | 6:21 pm

U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) Friday endorsed Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) over former state lawmaker Andrew Romanoff in a U.S. Senate primary race for the Democratic nod to face Republican front-runner Jane Norton in November.

Buck and Maes win Tea Party candidate forum straw poll

By | 03.08.10 | 10:28 am

On Saturday at a South Denver Tea Party-hosted candidate forum, Republican candidates looking to reverse sweeping losses over the past series of elections took turns railing against government and business as usual in Washington and in Denver. Reflecting GOP campaigns across the country, they proposed sweeping cuts to programs, warned of the rise of socialism and ruminated on the greatest threats to national security. U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck and gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes won in straw polling over respective frontrunners Jane Norton and Scott McInnis.

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